Couch-bed.



No. 833,903. PATENTEDOOT. 23.1906.

R. J. WAGNER. COUCH BED. TAPPLIOATION rum) nov. 7. 1905'.

UNITED STATES '4 PATENT or non.

j RICHARD J. WAGNER. or HOLYOKE, MAssAenusETrs' ASSIGNOR To WAGNERSPRING BED MANUFACTURING OOMPANY,-OF HOLYOKE,

MASSACHUSETTS, .A CORPORATION.

COUCH-BED;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 7,1905. sauna. 286.177.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

, To all whom, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, RICHARD J. WAGNER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and

a resident of Holyoke, in the county of Hamp den and State ofMassachusetts, have in.

vented certain new and useful Improvements i in Couch-Beds, of which thefollowing is a couch;

The object of the present invention is to.

provide, in conjunction with'the su portingraces for the drop-sidesections, wh detachable engagements with the couchsustaining legs oruprihts, appliances for enabling easily and simuT braces with and from suchlegs by movements imparted to theside sections and without the necessityof-having to stoop or reach. down to the low positions at which theengagements or disengagements are accomplished at theop osite ends ofthe couch for the purpose of e ecting or detaching the connectionsindividually.

The invention consists in a couch-bed, in, 'the comblnationwith the-mainor couch section constructed with opposite end legs provided withabutments, of a drop side section having supporting-braces pivotedthereto which are rovided with abutment-engage ment shou ders -and each.brace having va riding shoe pivoted thereto between the brace-shoulderand the lower non-pivoted end of the brace and operable in the loweringofthe couch-section to guide the braceshoulder over and withoutobstruction past the abutment and the invention otherwise andfurthermore consists in construe tions of arts andin the combinations ofparts an all as hereinafter fully described,

, and set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the couch-bedwith one side ich have taneously theengage- I ment and disengagement ofthe supporting-- section lowered and showing only a portion I of themattress-supporting open-work fabric, the greater portion of such fabricbeing omitted to enable a clearer illustration of the novel devices.Fig. 2 is any end view of the couch-bed. .Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionaling legs or uprig ts and the engaging portion View through a ortion ofone of the support of one of the supporting-braces having thepivotally-connected riding shoe. Fig. 4 is an elevation as seen at rightanglesto Fig.3,

with parts in section, as taken on the line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aperspective View of the free end portion of one of the braces provided Iwith the riding shoe and stop.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe views.

In the drawings, A represents the main portion or section, whichmakesthe couch proper and which includes the end bars 10 10 and uprights 1212, braced by the lon itudinal ars 13 13 and bythe transverse ars 14 14,which extend between and are rigidly connected to the end pairs ofuprights or legs and which are laterally projected, as shown at 155159,at opposite sides beyond the vertical lines of the legs and have thedepending casters a a 'comparativelyiwidely arranged outside of thecouch portion of the piece of furniture.

, B B represent the drop side or extension sections for converting thecouch into a bed, the same being pivotallyconnected at 16-to the mainsection and comprise the opposite end bars 18 18 and theunitinglongitudinal bars 19. L I

0 represents an open-work bottom or mattress-supporting fabricconnectedat its ends to the end bars 10 and 1818 of the main and sidesections and has laterally; disposed springs 20, by which this fabricis-connected to the longitudinal side bars of the drop side frames,sothat the bottom fabric, while always taut, may (yield as required toaccord with the change positions of the drop side sections.

d d are the braces for supporting the drop side sections in theirhorizontal position, the same being at their upper end portionspivotally connected to the outer extremities of the side-section endbars 18 and have detachablesupporting engagements by the shoulders fthereof with abutments g therefor,

riding shoe j, of wedge or triangular form. and pivotally connected tothe brace'at 22.

The extremity of the brace d between its shoulder f and its free ornon-pivoted end is narrowed, as shown, and each brace has an end stop mfor preventing when the drop side section may be swung upwardly beyondthe horizontal plane, as shown at the right of Fig. 2, the extremity-ofthe brace from being drawn out through the aperture h and disengagedwith the leg-upright. The braces d,

which are preferably curved, are made of sheet or other metal of aninverted U shape in cross-section, and the riding shoe j is pivotedbetween the separated side portions of theU-shaped brace and so as toassume various positions, as represented in the full and dotted lines inFigs. 2, 3, and 5.

The shape, dimension, and location of the pivotal point of the ridingshoe are such that y it may have reversed positions longitudinallyalined with the brace, as shown in Fig. 3, in which cases its oppositeed es are in proximity to or contact against t e back portion of thebrace.

The drop side of the couchbed being lowered, as represented at the frontportion of Fig. 1, and the braces (Z d extending inwardly 4 andupwardly, as there shown, to raise and sustain such section in thehorizontal posi tion it is only necessary to grasp the front rail or barof the side section and swing it upwardly, the braces moving through theapertures h until the shoulders f of the braces assume the braceretaining engagements with the abutments g at the lower boundaries ofthe apertures.

When desiring to let down the side section 50 B of the bed-couch, itclearly is not necessary to reach under to the individual points ofbrace engagement at the opposite ends 01 the .bed to disconnect thebraces from their engagement by their shoulders f with the legupright,as would be very inconvenient not to say difiicult of performance by oneperson; but 1t is only necessary to raise the side sec tion 3 to aslightly more elevated position, as

represented at the right of Fig. 2, to carry the riding shoe j outsideof the leg-upright 1 for its depending position thereat, as representedat the right-hand portion of Fig. 2. The brace in its movement to therightward limit of its movement, as regulated by the stop m, causes theriding shoe to be swung upwardly and endwise outwardly to the positionrepresented by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 for its passage through theaperture 71, which shoe after passing outwardly clear of the leg dropsby gravity to the hanging position. (Seen in Fig. 2.)

The riding shoes of both end braces for a drop side section having theposition represented at the right of Fig. 2, it now becomes possible toswing the side section to its downward position, it being apparent thatthe riding shoes by contacting against the outer faces of the legs areswung to the positions represented by the full lines in Fig. 3, so thatthe point of the shoe is coincident with or very close to the lowercorner of the brace-shoulderf, the lower incline edge of the shoe by itsrunning engagement on the abutment 9 causing the brace to ride freelyover the abutment,which now cannot operate as an impediment to thelowering of the drop side section.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a couch-bed, the combination with a main couch frame or sectionhaving abutments below its top, of a drop side section pivotallyconnected to the main couch-section, having supporting-braces pivotedthereto which are provided with abutment-engagement shoulders at adistance from their free ends, and each brace provided with a ridingshoe having one end thereof pivoted thereto at a distance from saidbrace-shoulder, and toward the free, nonpivoted, end of the brace, andendwise reversible on the brace, and means for limiting the swingingmovements of each shoe relatively to the brace, and said shoe beingoperable in the lowering of the couch-section, to guide thebrace-shoulder over, and without obstruction past, the abutment.

2. In a couch-bed, the combination with the main, or couch, sectionconstructed with opposite end legs provided with abutments, of a dropside section pivotally connected at the side of the main couch-section,having supporting-braces pivoted thereto which are provided withabutment-shoulders at a distance from their free ends, and with endstops, and each brace provided with a riding shoe having one end thereofpivoted thereto between the brace-shoulder and the free non-pivoted endof the brace, and endwise reversible on the brace, and means forlimiting the swinging movements of each riding shoe relatively to thebrace, and said shoe being operable in the lowering of the couchsection,to guide the brace-shoulder over, and without obstruction past, theabutment.

3. In a couch-bed, the combination with the main, or couch, sectionconstructed with opposite end legs provided with apertures, the loweredges of which constitute abutments, of a drop side section havingsupporting-braces pivotedfithereto which are of an inverted-U shape incross-section, and each.

brace being provided with an abutment engaging shoulder at a distancefrom its free ends, each brace being movable through one of saidrecesses, and each brace having a riding shoe pivoted thereto betweenthe braceshoulder and the free, non-pivoted end of the brace, adaptedfor reversal, endwise on the brace, and adapted to have a limiting edge-Wise contact against the internal back por- Signed by me at Springfield,Massachu- 'setts, in presence of two subscribing Wit' nesses.

RICHARD J. WAGNER.

Witnesses:

PATRICK F. DONOGHUE, G. R. DRISOOLL.

